George Sibley was born
in Western Pennsylvania, but was conceived in Colorado, by Colorado
natives, and thus considers himself to be a native Coloradan. He
returned to Colorado after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh
in 1964, and has lived "mostly in the mountains" ever since. Most of
that time has been spent in the Upper Gunnison River valley, west of
the Continental Divide - first in Crested Butte, Colorado, where he
ascended, more or less overnight, from ski bum to editor of the town
newspaper, and more recently 30 miles downvalley in Gunnison where he
worked for many years
at Western State College of Colorado.

He left the Crested
Butte newspaper in 1971 for an envisioned career as a freelance writer,
which became a career as "freelance oddjobber," with occasional writing
jobs, for publications ranging from the local newspapers to
Harper’s Magazine. One book was published in that period: Part
of a Winter (Crown, 1977). For the rest of a living and life,
he worked as a ski patrolman, bartender, construction worker,
occasional contractor, sawmill operator, winter caretaker for a remote
biological field station, forest-fire fighter, librarian, and other
seasonal and part-time occupations.

In 1988, he landed a
position at the college in Gunnison, teaching halftime and
developing a series of regional conferences at the college the rest of
the time – exploring the issues of sustainability, community and
"intelligent life on earth" that also infuse his writing. In 2007, he
retired from the college to go back to freelancing and to participate
more effectively in some community work.

Click here for a listing of George
Sibley's written work, with some links to work in online publications.

Click here for a listing of some works
that were published in publications not online, and some things that
are not yet published....